{"id":12941,"date":"2016-12-12T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=12941"},"modified":"2016-12-12T21:50:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T03:50:47","slug":"johnny-b-gone-brandmeier-signs-off-syndication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/12\/12\/johnny-b-gone-brandmeier-signs-off-syndication\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny B. gone: Brandmeier signs off syndication"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jonathon<\/a>

<\/a> Jonathon Brandmeier<\/p><\/div>\n

Another one bites the dust for Jonathon Brandmeier.<\/p>\n

Monday marked the last original broadcast of \u201cThe Jonathon Brandmeier Show\u201d<\/a> after less than two years of syndication for the Chicago-based radio personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plug has officially been pulled!\u201d Brandmeier told fans on his Facebook page.<\/a> \u201cToday was our last live show on the Westwood One Radio Network. . . . Thank you so much for always being the best part of this job for me. And no matter what my father-in-law Angelo says . . . I ain\u2019t dead yet!\u201d<\/p>\n

In Chicago, the first two hours of Brandmeier\u2019s three-hour show aired live from 9 to 11 a.m. weekdays on Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS AM 890. <\/a>Since its launch on Westwood One in March 2015, the show originated from WLS studios.<\/p>\n

Although WLS officials were aware the end was near, Brandmeier\u2019s announcement Monday apparently caught them by surprise. Peter Bowen, vice president and Chicago market manager of Cumulus Media, declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Reruns of Brandmeier\u2019s show are likely to air for the time being. No word yet on plans for a replacement on WLS.<\/p>\n

Last October Brandmeier spilled the beans that Westwood One would not renew his syndicated radio deal, which runs through February. \u201cThey decided not to renew and I completely agree with that decision,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI truly believe this is the best move for all involved. It was only a matter of time, and there are no hard feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n

On what turned out to be his last show Monday, however, Brandmeier was critical of Westwood One for trying to influence the content of his program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to go political across the line,\u201d he said of his bosses. \u201cAll political. And we certainly handle all of that, but all political. It\u2019s very simple. So each show sounds exactly like the next show. That\u2019s the way radio thinks today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what you do: You make sure that every show sounds exactly the same. So you can\u2019t tell. There\u2019s an angry white guy. There\u2019s an angry white guy. There\u2019s an angry white guy. I heard \u2018Obama.\u2019 I heard the word \u2018Obama.\u2019 I heard \u2018Trump.\u2019 And then it just goes on and on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n

At another point in the show Monday Brandmeier expressed a clear preference for podcasting over broadcasting, telling listeners: \u201cDo you know that I never see an email where someone says \u2018I heard it on the radio\u2019? Because it\u2019s hard to listen to a show like this on the radio. Too many interruptions. It\u2019s the weirdest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another one bites the dust for Jonathon Brandmeier. Monday marked the last original broadcast of \u201cThe Jonathon Brandmeier Show\u201d after less than two years of syndication for the Chicago-based radio personality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12941"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12946,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12941\/revisions\/12946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}